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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 8, 2024.

The committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1459) of Marjorie C. Decker and Steven Owens relative to relocating the Cambridge District Court, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4328) ought to pass.

For the committee,

MICHAEL S. DAY.

        FILED ON: 2/5/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4328

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act requiring the relocation of the Cambridge District Court.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the court administrator of the executive office of the trial court shall, not later than December 31, 2024, relocate the Cambridge district court, also known as the third district court of eastern Middlesex, from the city of Medford to the city of Cambridge.

SECTION 2. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the executive office of the trial court shall file a report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary outlining the timeline for the relocation of the Cambridge district court.